UNSW School of Computer Science and Engineering

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School of Computer Science and Engineering
Established1991
Parent institution
University of New South Wales
Head of SchoolProfessor Aaron Quigley
Students3218 Undergraduate
1430 Postgraduate Coursework
116 PhD
Website www.cse.unsw.edu.au
John Lions Garden outside of CSE with the tree illuminated John Lions Garden Illuminated.jpg
John Lions Garden outside of CSE with the tree illuminated

The UNSW School of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) is part of the UNSW Faculty of Engineering and was founded in 1991 out of the former Department of Computer Science within the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. [1] [2] It is the highest ranked [3] and largest School of its kind in Australia. The academic staff have research focus in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Image Computing, Data Knowledge, Embedded Systems, Networked Systems and Security, Programming Languages and Compilers, Service Oriented Computing, Theoretical Computer Science and Trustworthy Systems. [4]

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UNSW was a founding member of National ICT Australia (NICTA), which merged with CSIRO in 2015 to form Data61. CSE maintains strong ties with Data61.

The school has a number of notable alumni and former staff, including Associate Professor John Lions the author of the commentary on the UNIX operating system, a two-volume book entitled, a Source Code and Commentary on Unix Level 6) (A Commentary on the UNIX Operating System) who passed away in 1998. [5]

Excellence in Research for Australia

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Computer Science and Engineering in UNSW

Australian Research Council's Excellence in Research for Australia initiative results for World-Class Research in Information Technology

Rankings

World Rankings20232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010
Leiden Rankings52 (1st in Australia) [6] 50 (1st in Australia) [7] 414352
QS World University Rankings in Computer Science & Information Systems [8] 57th (3rd in Australia) [9] 58th (3rd in Australia) [10] 59th (4th in Australia) [11] 51-10051-10041st42nd35th35th29th29th10th42nd-
ARWU for Computer Science and Engineering51-75 (4th in Australia) [12] 51-75 (4th in Australia) [13] 51-7576-100101-15040th4251-7551-7552-7552-75
Times Higher Education World University Rankings [14] 65 (3rd in Australia)5479126-150101-12551
Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities - Computer Science38th [15] 39th [16] 42nd42nd64th62nd55th53rd65th67th86th105th124th105th

School Achievements

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The UNSW Garden dedicated to John Lions
Gernot Heiser (OK Labs Founder, ACM Fellow) Gernot Heiser.jpg
Gernot Heiser (OK Labs Founder, ACM Fellow)
Toby Walsh (ARC Laureate Fellow, ACM Fellow) Toby Walsh, portrait.jpg
Toby Walsh (ARC Laureate Fellow, ACM Fellow)
The UNSW Garden dedicated to John Lions in May 2020 John Lions Garden 2020.jpg
The UNSW Garden dedicated to John Lions in May 2020
School Achievements
YearProject/Achievement
2023Jingling Xue - Fellow of the IEEE [17]
2022Boualem Benatallah - Fellow of the IEEE [18]
2021 Toby Walsh - Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery [19]
Ken Robinson remembered in BCS FACS Facts Newsletter (2021-1) [20]
2020Scientia Professor Toby Walsh awarded Australian Laureate Fellowship from the Australian Research Council [21]
Smartsparrow (Adaptive eLearning startup by Dr Dror Ben-Naim) sold to Pearson [22]
CSE Alumna Hannah Beder wins NSW Harvey Norman Young Woman of the Year [23]
Carroll Morgan – Book "The Science of Quantitative Information Flow" (Springer 2020, with co-authors)
Gernot Heiser – Chair of seL4 Foundation [24]
2019Erik Meijering - Fellow of the IEEE [25]
Australia’s first Cybersecurity Education Summit [26]
Host to RoboCup 2019 [27] in the Sydney International Convention Centre, chaired by Claude Sammut
Gernot Heiser – Winner of ACM SIGOPS Hall of Fame award [28]
2018Guinness World Record with car "VIolet" - Lowest Energy Consumption Driving Trans-Australia (Perth to Sydney) - Electric Car
Gernot Heiser -Chief Scientist Software, HENSOLDT Cyber GmbH [29]
2016 SEARCC, 2016 ICT Researcher of the Year - Gernot Heiser
Gernot Heiser - Fellow of Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) [30]
Gernot Heiser - Fellow of the IEEE [31]
Xuemin Lin - Fellow of the IEEE [32]
2015Carroll Morgan - Winner (with 5 co-authors) of The USA's National Security Agency (NSA) Annual Cybersecurity Research Paper Competition [33]
Gernot Heiser - Australian Computer Society ICT Researcher of the Year [34]
2014Humboldt Research, prize Toby Walsh
rUNSWift placed 1st in the RoboCup Standard Platform League
Gernot Heiser was awarded Fellow of the ACM [35] and Engineers Australia Entrepreneur of the Year [35]
2013Most number of Tech Startups for any Australian University
2011 Excellence in Research for Australia Only Australian University to achieve a rank of 5 (the highest ranking) in Computer Software
Excellence in Research for Australia Broadest range (5 areas) of research in Information and Computing Sciences
Smartsparrow founded by CSE Alumna, Dr Dror Ben-Naim [36]
2010 ARWU Ranked 1st in Australia for Computer Science
2009HS1917 established [37]
L4.verified
OK L4 Deployment reaches 500 million
2008 ARTEMIS Orchestra Contest, world champions with the Robot Clarinet
John Lions Chair in Computer Science Established
OKL4 Deployment reaches 100 million
2007Freescale Technical Innovation Award
NICTA L4 Deployment reaches 10 million
Robotics Workshops established [37]
2006Happy Feet - Christian So, Lead Animator for "Mumble"
UNSW L4 Deployment reaches 1 million
Orion Search Engine, written by Ori Allon, bought by Google
2005Fastest-ever IPC (Itanium)
2003Establishment of NICTA (National ICT Australia, Ltd)
Establishment of CAS (the ARC Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems)
2001Establishment of the Smart Internet Technology CRC
CSE Revue established
1999PLEB designed
Primary School Workshops Established
1997Fastest-ever IPC on single-issue CPU (MIPS)
U4600 Board designed
UNSW ProgComp Established [37]
1996Cane Toad Tracking Project begins
1995 UNSW L4 Project begins
1991The School of Computer Science and Engineering was established [1]
1990First clinical use of RDR
1976 Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition, with Source Code
1975First non-US UNIX site (Version 6 Unix) [38]
1956 UTECOM became the first digital computer in Sydney [1] [39]
RoboCup Rescue Robot League
YearHostRank
2011 Istanbul 1st in Autonomy
2010 Singapore 1st Autonomy
1st mobility
2009 Graz - Austria 1st Autonomy
2nd Mobility
Innovative Operator Interface
2006 Bremen - Germany 2nd in Autonomy
2005 Osaka - Japan 3rd Overall

Student projects

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rUNSWift in a four-legged league game from RoboCup 2006 in Breman, Germany.
rUNSWift in a Standard Platform League game from RoboCup 2010 in Singapore. RUNSWift Naos 2010.jpg
rUNSWift in a Standard Platform League game from RoboCup 2010 in Singapore.
Sunswift IVy During the World Solar-Car Speed Record attempt. Sunswift IVy.jpg
Sunswift IVy During the World Solar-Car Speed Record attempt.

Students of the School are involved in a number of high-profile projects, including:

RoboCup Standard Platform League
YearResultFinal
WinnersScoreRunners-up
2015
(Nao)
1strUNSWift (UNSW)
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3-1HTWK
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2014
(Nao)
1strUNSWift (UNSW)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
5-1HTWK
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2010
(Nao)
2ndB-Human
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
6-1rUNSWift (UNSW)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
2006
(AIBO)
2ndNUBots
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
7-3rUNSWift (UNSW)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
2003
(AIBO)
1strUNSWift (UNSW)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
4-3UPennalizers
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2002
(AIBO)
2ndCM United
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
3-3rUNSWift (UNSW)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
2001
(AIBO)
1stUNSW United (UNSW)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
9-2CM United
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2000
(AIBO)
1stUNSW United (UNSW)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
10-0LRP
Flag of France.svg  France
1999
(AIBO)
2ndLRP
Flag of France.svg  France
4-1UNSW United (UNSW)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Student competitions


ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest
YearRegional FinalsWorld Champions
20211st, 2nd, 3rdOct 2021
20201stNo event
20198th, 9th [42] Honorable mention
20181st6th Silver Medal [43]
20171st, 2nd13th
20161st, 2nd69th
20151st51st
20142nd19th
20131st, 2nd60th
20121st [44] 36th
20111st [45] Honourable Mention
2007-44th
20051st [45] Honourable Mention
20031st [45] 21st
20021st [45] 11th
20011st [45] 11th
Other Contests
YearContestAustralian RankWorld Rank
2018Cyber Security Challenge Australia [46] 1st, 2ndN/A
2017Cyber Security Challenge Australia [46] 1stN/A
2015Cyber Security Challenge Australia [46] 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4thN/A
2015 DEF CON CTF Qualification [47] 1st3rd
2014 DEF CON CTF Qualification [48] 1st3rd
2014Cyber Security Challenge Australia [49] 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5thN/A
2013 DEF CON [50] 1st10th
2013SECUINSIDE [51] 1st4th
2013Cyber Security Challenge Australia [49] 1st, 2nd, 3rdN/A
2013 Imagine Cup [52] 1st3rd
2013Codehire Cup [53] 2nd (Students)N/A
2013Appathon [54] 2ndN/A
2013CiSRA Extreme Imaging [55] 2ndN/A
2012Cyber Security Challenge Australia [49] 1stN/A

Computing facilities

The School has computer laboratories for coursework teaching and student projects, including a number of specialist laboratories. The network supports well in excess of 1000 computers for teaching, research and administration. [56]

The School is committed to a regular cycle of upgrades and invests heavily to maintain a state-of-the-art IT environment.

UNSW Sydney has a very high capacity, free, wireless Internet service for all students and staff.

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